PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC
650 AM EST TUE JAN 1 2008

...DECEMBER 2007 RANKS AS THE WETTEST DECEMBER IN HISTORY AT THE 
SAVANNAH INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT...

ALTHOUGH FOR MUCH OF THE YEAR THE SAVANNAH INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT HAD 
PRECIPITATION TOTALS THAT RAN BELOW NORMAL...PLENTY OF RAIN ARRIVED 
IN DECEMBER THAT MADE DECEMBER 2007 AS THE WETTEST DECEMBER IN 
HISTORY AT SAVANNAH INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT.

FOR THE MONTH OF DECEMBER 9.44 INCHES OF RAIN WAS RECORDED. THIS 
ECLIPSES THE PREVIOUS WETTEST DECEMBER TOTAL OF 7.99 INCHES SET BACK 
IN 1887. RECORDS FOR THE SAVANNAH AIRPORT GO BACK TO 1870.

INCLUDED IN THIS PRECIPITATION TOTAL IS A 24-HOUR RAINFALL TOTAL OF 
7.30 INCHES SPANNING THE 20TH AND 21ST. A DAILY RECORD RAINFALL WAS 
SET ON THE 21ST WITH A TOTAL OF 7.12 INCHES. 

TOP FIVE WETTEST DECEMBERS AT SAVANNAH AIRPORT...
1) 9.44 INCHES IN 2007
2) 7.99 INCHES IN 1887
3) 7.52 INCHES IN 1947
4) 7.48 INCHES IN 1880
5) 6.86 INCHES IN 1896

IRONICALLY...THIS WETTEST DECEMBER FOLLOWS A NOVEMBER THAT WAS 
RANKED AS THE THIRD DRIEST NOVEMBER OF ALL TIME AND THE SIXTH DRIEST 
MONTH OF ALL TIME AT THE SAVANNAH INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT.

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